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CBHagman

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12. Agreed. It was the electoral college that got him into the Oval Office.

Reply to mdbl (Reply #11)

Thu Feb 11, 2021, 01:58 AM

Feb 2021

Trump lost the popular vote by millions and only won the electoral college because about 80,000 votes across crucial states went his way. Of course he just spent two months trying to undo Joe Biden's win electoral college win, and it's harrowing to think that it was entirely possible that Trump would again lose the popular vote and still eke out an electoral college win. That he pursued precisely that approach by trying to strong-arm state officials and disenfranchise voters ought to be a topic of national conversation, but of course some voters (and businesses) are only too willing to back Trump in his lies and even monetize them.

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Trump 'penned political suicide note' at every Covid press conference, former Australian PM says [View all] Matilda Dec 2020 OP

If only he kept his word even once. nt Xipe Totec Dec 2020 #1

Yet magats insist he's kept every promise. They're so simple minded. soothsayer Dec 2020 #3

Sad to say, if he had just pretended to do a little bit regarding Covid, he probably would have won Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #2

This is true soothsayer Dec 2020 #4

Just ask Scott Morrison Matilda Dec 2020 #5

The F-wad could not read the audience or events to save his own skin. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #6

It's the kind of basic politics you learn in your first political job, as a mayor or something. unblock Dec 2020 #7

It's as if Adam Smith's invisible hand is afoot and making things... brush Dec 2020 #8

Yes, why? Thyla Dec 2020 #9

I don't understand Boris's reasoning either. Matilda Dec 2020 #10

The Australian PM is full of crap mdbl Dec 2020 #11

Agreed. It was the electoral college that got him into the Oval Office. CBHagman Feb 2021 #12